The present continuous is made from the present tense of the verb be and the –ing form of a verb:
I am | working |
You are | playing |
He is | talking |
She is | living |
It is | eating |
We are | staying |
They are | sleeping |
We use the present continuous to talk about:
I'm just leaving work. I'll be home in an hour.
Mary is going to a new school next term.
We make questions by putting am, is or are in front of the subject:
Are you listening?
Are they coming to your party?
When is she going home?
What am I doing here?
Present continuous negatives
We make negatives by putting not (or n't) after am, is or are:
I'm not doing that.
You aren't listening. (or You're not listening.)
They aren't coming to the party. (or They're not coming to the party.)
She isn't going home until Monday. (or She's not going home until Monday.)
Stative verbs
We do not normally use the continuous with stative verbs. Stative verbs include:
- verbs of thinking and feeling:
believe
dislike
know
likelove
hate
prefer
realiserecognise
remember
suppose
think (= believe)understand
want
wish
- verbs of the senses:
appear
feellook
seemsmell
soundtaste
- others:
agree
bebelong
disagreeneed
oweown
possessWe normally use the simple instead:
I understand you. (NOT I
am understandingyou.)
This cake tastes wonderful. (NOT This cakeis tastingwonderful.)Level: intermediate
We also use the present continuous to talk about:
- something which is happening before and after a specific time:
At eight o'clock we are usually having breakfast.
When I get home the children are doing their homework.
- something which we think is temporary:
Michael is at university. He's studying history.
I'm working in London for the next two weeks.
- something which is new and contrasts with a previous state:
These days most people are using email instead of writing letters.
What sort of clothes are teenagers wearing nowadays?
What sort of music are they listening to?
- something which is changing, growing or developing:
The children are growing up quickly.
The climate is changing rapidly.
Your English is improving.
- something which happens again and again:
It's always raining in London.
They are always arguing.
George is great. He's always laughing.Note that we normally use always with this use.
Level: advanced
We can use the present continuous to talk about the past when we are:
- telling a story:
The other day I'm just walking down the street when suddenly this man comes up to me and asks me to lend him some money. Well, he's carrying a big stick and he looks a bit dangerous, so I'm wondering what to do …
- summarising a book, film or play:
Harry Potter is a pupil at Hogwarts school. One day when he is playing Quidditch he sees a strange object in the sky. He wonders what is happening …
"Put your question in the box"
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خودآزمایی ها |
نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
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Omid Aghababaei | 3 | 100/00 % |
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Soheila Karimi | 2 | 100/00 % |
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zahra namdari | 1 | 100/00 % |
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مهسا خنجری | 5 | 96/88 % |
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Hossein Dehghan | 1 | 83/33 % |
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مریم عیدی | 5 | 81/25 % |
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المیرا چپ نویس | 4 | 79/17 % |
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رایحه فرح بخت | 5 | 78/13 % |
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سعید نصیری | 4 | 76/92 % |
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محدثه مهری | 4 | 75/00 % |
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نیما شیرانی | 4 | 75/00 % |
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Kimia Fooladgar | 4 | 75/00 % |
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ثمین ابراهیمی | 3 | 75/00 % |
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زینب ملکی | 3 | 75/00 % |
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نیلوفر نیک گفتار | 2 | 75/00 % |
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ریحانه فرح بخت | 5 | 71/88 % |
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Alireza Fadaei | 5 | 71/88 % |
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Parvin Nemati | 4 | 70/83 % |
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مریم امینی | 4 | 70/83 % |
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فاطمه باباصفری | 4 | 70/83 % |
نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
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َAmeneh Darvishzadeh | 1 | 100/00 % |
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Mehrad Hashemi | 1 | 100/00 % |
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مهدی حسین پور آقائی | 1 | 100/00 % |
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zahra namdari | 46 | 98/21 % |
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یاسمن محمدی پور | 4 | 98/08 % |
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فرنوش طغیانی | 17 | 98/06 % |
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Tara Mohammadi | 3 | 96/43 % |
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yasaman mohamadipur | 51 | 95/86 % |
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محمدجواد ملائی اردستانی | 3 | 94/44 % |
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Arzhang Saberi | 4 | 93/33 % |
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Soheila Karimi | 123 | 92/71 % |
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aram farhmand | 10 | 92/31 % |
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یاشار اسکندری | 98 | 91/14 % |
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پریسا سلوکی شهرضایی | 72 | 89/49 % |
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ارشیا قلمکاری | 33 | 89/23 % |
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Omid Aghababaei | 20 | 87/92 % |
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سجاد آقابابایی | 2 | 87/50 % |
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محدثه درویشی | 1 | 87/50 % |
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Fardin Azhdari | 27 | 86/58 % |
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نازيلا حاجي صباغ | 31 | 85/94 % |